Re: Bridget Feeney, Annaghdown, Galway
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In reply to:
Bridget Feeney, Annaghdown, Galway
Sarah Burns 3/31/08
Hi Sarah:
I research the Irish Family History Foundation's database. It contains 12,000,000 surviving rcds for abt 65% of Irish counties. Rcds are increasingly sparse B4 1840, rare B4 1800.
Note 1 - Without a KNOWN county, the chance of an ancestor's rcds NOT being in this database is AT LEAST 35%.
Note 2 - Only 1/2 of Co. Cork's rcds are in this database.
Note 3 - The RC church kept control over most parish rcds from Tipperary (north). These are ONLY available thru the Tipperary Family History Research center at a substantial fee (regardless of outcome).
For James Cahill B 1838 +/- 4 yrs in Annaghdown, Co. Galway, with a father forenamed Thomas, I found 1 rcd in 1838. This is highly likely to be for your ancestor.
For Thomas Cahill M before 1839 ditto, I found 0 rcds.
For Bri(dget) Feeney M ditto, I found 2 rcds: 1836 and 1838. However, without a matching rcd for Thomas, these are likely false positives.
For Bri(dget) Feeny B 1817 +/- 4 yrs in Co. Galway with the father's forename unknown, I found 0 rcds.
Google the Foundation's name to lead you to this database. Register, opt to be notified as rcds are added and browse. Pls post your search results to my genforum msg.
Hope this helps. Good luck.